Higgs boson

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Higgs boson

 (hĭgz)
n.
A hypothetical, massive subatomic particle predicted by the standard model theory to explain discrepancies in elementary particle mass.

[From the fact that it is the fundamental particle of the Higgs field.]
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Higgs boson

(hɪɡz) or

Higgs particle

n
(General Physics) physics an elementary particle with zero spin and mass greater than zero, predicted to exist by electroweak theory and other gauge theories, discovered in 2012. Also called: God particle (informal)
[C20: named after Peter Higgs (born 1929), British theoretical physicist]
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HiggsbosonHiggspartikel
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It might be possible that the triple Higgs boson self-interactions play a role in this endeavor; however, as is shown in the next sections, cross section of triple Higgs production ([H.sup.+][H.sup.-][H.sup.0], [H.sup.+] [H.sup.- ][h.sup.0]) is smaller than double Higgs production ([H.sup.+][H.sup.-]).
The recent Large Hadron Collider (LHC) discovery of a scalar particle with 125 GeV which is compatible with Standard Model (SM) Higgs boson predicted by Brout-Englert-Higgs symmetry breaking mechanism opens up a gateway to search for physics beyond the SM[1, 2].
He has won a prestigious PS75,000 Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award to run a project involving the mathematical modelling of a physical theory proposed to explain the existence of the Higgs boson, said to give matter its substance, or mass.
Their topics include the Higgs boson in the Standard Model, searches for the Standard Model Higgs boson at the Tevatron Collider, observation of the diphoton decay of the Higgs boson and measurements of its properties, evidence that the Higgs boson decays to lambda leptons, Higgs boson search in the WW to lvqq final state, and Higgs combination and properties of the Higgs boson.
The Higgs boson, the so-called God particle (cue cries of anguish at the name, including Prof Higgs, more of which later), which provides mass to the most basic building blocks of matter.
It's a Higgs boson bonanza for particle physicists, who are capitalizing on the newest data from the Large Hadron Collider to delve more deeply into the particle's properties.
I am informed that it discovered something called the Higgs Boson - a particle that apparently gives other particles mess.
Fabiola Gianotti led one of two teams that discovered the Higgs boson, the most exciting feat of modern physics.
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